The former TD Bank branch employee faces up to 30 years in prison for embezzling more than $14,500.
2012
Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January
“The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing,” the president says.
White House threatens veto of GOP budget plan
House Speaker John Boehner is planning a House vote on the proposal on Thursday, hoping it will raise pressure on President Obama to make concessions.
Charlie’s buys Bob Barrows Chevrolet in Winthrop
WINTHROP — Already the capitol region’s top-selling car business, Charlie’s Dealership Group is now driving farther west with the purchase of Bob Barrows Chevrolet on U.S. Route 202.
Ethics panel fines pro-gay-marriage group
L PAC donated $40,000 to Mainers United for Marriage, the lead group in support of the ballot question.
Robert Bork, famed Supreme Court nominee, has died
Bork, whose role in Watergate and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court made him a right-wing hero, was 85.
State buys easement in eastern Maine
The easement in the Grand Lake Stream region guarantees public access on lands popular for hunting, fishing and snowmobiling.
U.S. housing starts slowed by Superstorm Sandy
The Commerce Department says that builders began construction of homes at a rate that was 3 percent less than October’s annual rate of 888,000, the fastest since July 2008.
President Obama is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls’ education, as well as Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Italian physicist Fabiola Giannati.